Communication Device and Wireless Communication System for Handling Random Access Procedure

a communication device and wireless communication technology, applied in the direction of wireless communication, electrical equipment, etc., can solve the problems of unpredictable delay, failure of random access, and inability to know whether the ue has finished the random access procedure,

Active Publication Date: 2016-08-11
HTC CORP
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[0009]It is therefore an objective of the present invention to provide a communication device and method capable of handling a random access procedure for an unlicensed band to solve the abovementioned problem.

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If no RAR is received within the RAR window, or if none of the received RAR(s) contains a random access preamble identifier corresponding to the transmitted random access preamble, the RAR reception is considered unsuccessful.
However, in the unlicensed bands, the UE has to follow a channel access mechanism (e.g., perform a CCA check or LBT) such as the load-based equipment or frame-based equipment before transmitting the random access preamble on an unlicensed carrier; this may introduce an unpredictable delay before the number of preamble transmission reaches the maximum value.
As a result, the eNB may not know whether the UE finishes the random access procedure or not.

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[0022]Please refer to FIG. 1, which is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system 10 according to an example of the present invention. The wireless communication system 10 is briefly composed of a network and a plurality of communication devices. The network and a communication device may communicate with each other via one or more carriers of licensed band(s) and / or unlicensed band(s). The network and the communication device may simultaneously communicate with each other via multiple cells (e.g., multiple carriers) including a primary cell (PCell) and one or more secondary cells (SCells). The PCell may be operated on licensed carrier(s), while the SCell may be operated on unlicensed carrier(s).

[0023]In FIG. 1, the network and the communication devices are simply utilized for illustrating the structure of the wireless communication system 10. Practically, the network may be an evolved-UTRAN (E-UTRAN) including at least one eNB and / or at least one relay in a LTE system, ...

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A communication device of a wireless communication system for handling a random access procedure includes a processing means and a storage unit. The processing means is used for executing a program. The storage unit, coupled to the processing means, is used for storing the program which instructs the processing means to perform the following steps: receiving a configuration message for the random access procedure from a network of the wireless communication system, wherein the configuration message configures the communication device to transmit a first random access preamble; performing a clear channel assessment (CCA) or listen before talk (LBT) operation before transmitting the first random access preamble; and increasing a preamble transmission counter of the first random access preamble by 1 when performing the CCA or LBT operation.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62 / 112,659, filed on Feb. 6, 2015, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates to a communication device and method utilized in a wireless communication system, and more particularly, to a communication device and method for handling a random access procedure in a wireless communication system.[0004]2. Description of the Prior Art[0005]A long-term evolution (LTE) advanced (LTE-A) system is an evolution of the LTE system. The LTE-A system includes advanced techniques, such as carrier aggregation, licensed-assisted access (LAA) using LTE, etc.[0006]For transmission in the LAA, listen before talk (LBT) may be needed. To meet the LBT requirement, a clear channel assessment (CCA) operation may be performed within a designated time period before a transmission is per...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04W74/08
CPCH04W74/0833H04W74/0808
Inventor YE, SHIANG-RUNGWU, CHIH-HSIANG
Owner HTC CORP
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